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Publications and Working Papers

The following publications and working papers were made possible with funding by the Politics & Law Program. Politics and Law Fellows are in bold.

 

Lacy, Dean, and Melissa Barales-Lopez. 2023. How Americans Connect Immigration and Welfare. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Los Angeles, CA, September 2, 2023.

Costa, Mia, and Isabel Wallace. 2021. More Women Candidates: The Effects of Increased Women's Presence on Politicall Ambition, Efficacy, and Vote Choice. American Politics Research 49(4).

Agadjanian, Alexander and Dean Lacy 2021. Changing Votes, Changing Identities? Racial Fluidity and Vote Switching in the 2012-2016 US Presidential Elections. Public Opinion Quarterly Forthcoming. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3387760

Lacy, Dean, Emerson M. S. Niou, Philip Paolino, and Robert A. Rein. 2019. Measuring Preferences for Divided Government: Some Americans Want Divided Government and Vote to Create It.  Political Behavior 41:79-103.

Lacy, Dean, and Zachary Markovich. 2016. Why is New Hampshire More Competitive than Pennsylvania? Historical Electoral Competitiveness and Swing State Selection.

Lacy, Dean, and Zachary Markovich. 2016. Why Don't States Switch Sides Anymore? The Rise and Fall of American Electoral Volatility.

Nyhan, Brendan 2015. Does Correcting Myths about the Flu Vaccine Work? An Experimental Evaluation of the Effects of Corrective Information. 2015. Vaccine 33(3): 459-464. (with Jason Reifler)

Baldez, Lisa. 2014. Defying Convention: US Resistance to the UN Treaty on Women’s Rights. New York: Cambridge University Press. Winner of the American Political Science Association's award for the best book on human rights in 2014, and the Victoria Schuck Award for the best book on women and politics in 2014.

Lacy, Dean. 2014. Moochers and Makers in the Voting Booth:  Who Benefits from Federal Spending, and How Did They Vote in the 2012 Presidential Election? Public Opinion Quarterly 78(S1):255-275.

Brooks, Deborah J., and MIchael Murov. 2012. Assessing Accountability in a Post-Citizens United Era: The Effects of Attack Ad Sponsorship by Unknown Independent Groups, American Politics Research, May 2012, 40: 383-418.

Lacy, Dean, and Sisy Wang. 2009. Public Knowledge of the Law on Hot Button Social Issues: People Know What They Know and Believe the Law is On Their Side. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, ON, September 2009.

Lacy, Dean, and Carlos Mejia. 2009. Undoing the Initiative:  Why Are Ballot Measures Challenged in Court, and Why Do Judges Overturn Them? Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, ON, September 2009.